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The True Story of Basil the Code-Writing Donkey

I want to tell you a little story about community and how it can grow and prosper.

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Once upon a time there was a Hard Drinking, Code-Writing Donkey. He would wander around the counrtyside in search of writing materials to write Code so he could afford to buy something, anything to drink. He would walk for days, sometimes weeks (He’s from Canada and that’s a Big Place) every once in a while bumping into a Moose along the way.

Well, in his travels he tripped over this guy Ben on his way to the liquor store. In apologizing, the Code-Writing Donkey, mentioned that he had some Code to sell in order to buy some beer. As luck would have it Ben happened to have need for some code in his business IGotNewsForYou.

After buying the Code and sharing some Beers, Ben offered the Code-Writing Donkey a job to do some writing and he would be paid with a Shot and Beer for every piece of Code the Code-Writing Donkey wrote.

When it came time to pay the Code-Writing Donkey at the end of the week, Ben realized the Code-Writing Donkey had no name. He had heard tell of a “Horse with No Name” but never a Donkey. Ben thought, pondered and otherwise wracked his brain and couldn’t come up with a name for the poor Donkey… » continue reading »

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    July 22nd, 2006 at 12:51pm | Posted by Joe | Community, Fun | 6 reader remarks | Print This Post